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Publication Date: 2019
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Does Workplace Training Participation Vary by Type of Secondary Level Qualification? England and Germany in Comparison
Icardi, Rossella
International Journal of Lifelong Education, v38 n6 p615-631 2019
Existing evidence shows that the higher the level of education the higher the likelihood to participate in workplace training. However, we know little about training participation of individuals educated to the secondary level, and whether this may vary by the type of qualification attained, i.e. vocational or general. Vocational qualification holders are known to find employment sooner after school than those with a general qualification but we do not know whether they are also more likely to participate in workplace training. Using data from the 2012 Programme of International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) and logistic regressions, we investigate whether vocational qualification holders are more likely to participate in workplace training than general ones in Germany and England. Germany is a coordinated labour market economy with a large emphasis on the provision of vocational qualifications which facilitate school-to-work transitions whereas England is an example of liberal labour markets where the focus is on general qualifications. Results show that in Germany general qualification holders are more likely to participate in training compared to vocational ones; however, differences reduce when controlling for endogeneity. In contrast, in England there is no difference between types of qualification.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Workplace Learning, On the Job Training, Employment Qualifications, Employment Potential, Employees, Participation, Educational Attainment, Probability
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England); Germany
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